Buckle



ALKOURY ANTONIOS .ABIZAID, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OIE COLUMBIA.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letcers Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed August 31, 1916. Se1ial No. 117,848.

T0 aZZ 107mm 2'25 may concem Be it known that I, ALK0URY ANTONIQUSABIZAID, a subject of the Sultan of Turkey, residing at Vashington,District of Columbia, have invented certain new and nsefnl Improvementsin Bnckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and userul improvements inbuckles and has particuiar application to a snspender buckle.

In carrying ont the present invention, it is my purpose to provide abuckle Which W1ll be oonstructed in such manner that the same may bereadily and quickly applied to the suspender and adjusted thereon andwhich, When in adjnsted position, may be securely and effectively lockedagainst ac cidental rnovement along the strap or webbing of thesuspender.

It is also my purpose to provide a buckle for suspenders and the likewhich may be mannfactured and marketed at small cost and which Willembody comparatively few parts and these s0 arranged and correlated asto reduce the possibility of derangement to a minimum.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement et parts hereinafter set forthin and falling Within the scope of the claims.

in the accompanying drawing;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bnoklc constructed in accordancewith my present invention,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modified form of the buckle,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another modified form.

In the preferred 1orm of my invention, shown in Fig. 1, the oncklecomprises a single sheet of metal stamped to form a substantiallyrectangular trame 1 and tongnes 2 integral with the respective end bars01 the frame 1 and projecting toward each other. These tongnes 2 areoffset ontwardly from the frame 1 and the inner ends thereof are spacedapart a distance sufiicient to permit the strap or webbing of thesuspender to be slipped into the space between the tongnes and frame.Integral with the lwer bar 'of the frame 1 is a lug 3 arranged betweenthe inner ends of the tongues 2 and projeoting slightly toward thetongues to bite into the material of the strap. In the present instancethe nppcr edges of the tongnes 2 are formed with teeth designed to biteinto the strap. 7

In practice, one end portion of the suspender strap or webbing isslipped into the space between the tongues and the frame through thespace between the inncr ends of the tongues and the strap is thencarried over the toothed edges of the tongues and passed throngh theloop of the suspender and then carried up through the space between thetongues and the top bar.

7 indicates a clamp member having cars or bearings 8 formed thereon andadapted to surround the top bar of the frame adjacent to the respectiveend bars 01 the frame. The clamp member 7 is preferably formed of sheetmet-al of which the ears 8 are integral parts and formed on the edge ofthe clamp member 7 between the ears 8 are teeth 9 arranged at an angleto the main body portion of the clamp member and designed to bite intothe Webbing after the latter iras been draWn up through the spacebetween the top bar and that portion of the webbing turned clown overthe tongues 2 so as to hold the bnckle in adjnsted position upon thestrap or webbing.

If desired, the tongues 2 may be dispensed with and the bar 5 stampedfrom the frame and arranged in the same manner as the tongues and theupper edge of the bar is preferably ormed with teeth 6, shown in Fig. 2.In this case the lug 3 on the lower bar is pressed inwardly toward thebar 5 in order to coperate with the bar 5 to clamp the webbing to thebuckie. In the initial threading of the strap through the bnckle shownin F ig. 2, the buckle end 01 the strap is passed into the space betweenthe bar 5 and the frame and the strap threaded in the mannerhereinbetore described with referenoe to Fig. 1.

The bnckle shown in Fig. 4 is similar to the bnokle shown in Fig. 3,except that the bottom bar is dispensed W1'h and the cross bar isprovided with a depending 111g 123 arranged in a position between theinner ends of the tongues and this lg is provided with ontwardlyprojecting prongs 16 that are adapted to bite into the webbing.

Il desired, the inner or web engaging sides of the difierent bars andtongnes ma be ronghened in order to insure a good gripping actionbetween the bars and the webbing, While the lower edges of the bottombars may be equipped with outwardly projecting knife edged grippers.Again, the tongues. and the bottom bars of the buckles shown'in Figs. 1and'3 may be corrugated so as to provide good grippng surfaces. Thelowemnost slot in each buckle frame is preferably of 1ess length thanthe top sl0t so that the end portion of the webbng that is passedthrough the bottom slot Will be snugly held theren.

1. A buckle comprisng a frame, means on saidframe offset ontwardlytherefrom and coperating with said frame to clamp the fabric, and a 111gon sad frame in juxtaposition to said firstnamed means and cooperatingtherewith to securely hold the abric to said frame.

2. A buckle comprising aframe, means on said frame offset outwardlytherefrom and formed with teethadapted to bite into the material of thefabrie and coperatng with said trame-t0 clamp the fabrie, and a 111g onsaid rame coperating With said nieans t0 securely hold the fabric to theframe, sad lug being arrangd c'entrztlly of said means and of saidframe.

3. A buck1e comprising a frame, means on sad :f1ame offset outwardlytherefrom and formed with teeth adapted to bite into the material of thefabrc and coperating with said frame t0 clamp the fabric, and a lug onsaid framecoperating with sad means to securely holdth fabrie to theframe, said lu-g' beingarranged o'entraHy of saidmeans and of saidframe, said 1ug having a roughened surface eonfronting sad means.

In testimony whereof- I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribng Wt* nasses.

ALKOURY 'ANTNIOUS ABIZAID.

Witnesses JOHN J. MGCARTHY, BENNETT S. JONES.

